Chapter 9 Chapter 8 Treasures of the Underground Palace

They saw a green bamboo forest! The bamboo forest deep in the underground palace is carved from jasper. The bamboo forest is lush and verdant, and what you see is a piece of refreshing green.There is a small path in the bamboo forest, the winding path leads to seclusion, and the archaeological team walked into it, as if they were in a fairyland.The bamboo shoots protruding from the ground are white and moist. If you look carefully, you can see that they were carved out of suet white jade.The green bamboo is like a rug, and there is a green jade grasshopper lying on the bamboo leaf, which is lifelike, as if it is about to fly.The archaeological team was in this vast sea of ​​green jade and bamboo, and they were in a trance like a dream. Everyone was so stunned that they couldn't speak.

There is a Lingbi stone pavilion in the forest, and in the pavilion is a Fuxi-style guqin, which has no five strings and has decayed.Imagine a pure and elegant ancient man sitting in a pavilion more than 2,000 years ago, playing the piano and screaming, high mountains and flowing water, where is the bosom friend?Professor Lu Li looked back at Shiting, feeling an indescribable melancholy in his heart. The end of the bamboo forest suddenly opened up, and there are several money trees on the hillside, with golden branches and jade leaves. If there is a wind blowing, they will definitely jingle, and it will be a masterpiece through the ages.The bronze waterfowl on the hillside are arranged in an orderly manner. You can see swans, swan geese and cranes, each of which is lifelike. One of the cranes has a small copper worm in its mouth, which makes people's heart skip a beat.The archaeological team couldn't help holding their breath and slowed down, feeling that they would be frightened if they were not careful.

Climbing up the steps from the hillside, you can see several clusters of chrysanthemums planted beside the steps, and there are scattered petals on the ground, which are carved from topaz.Continue to go up, walk to the end, and suddenly see a golden hall, the whole hall is radiant and shining. The ground in front of the hall is paved with snowflake stones, and several plum blossoms are scattered and slanting, bright red and blooming. It turns out that the trunk is made of turquoise, and the flowers are carved with red jade.In front of the gate of the hall, there are two tall jade carvings, one is a black jade unicorn, and the other is a jade pixiu.Professor Lu Li said that Qilin is an auspicious animal in Chinese legend, symbolizing peace and auspiciousness, and Pixiu is also a legendary beast that attracts wealth and attracts wealth from all directions.

Hawthorne said: "I only care about one thing, is Qin Shihuang's remains intact?" Keith said: "It should rot into mud!" Professor Lu Li said: "Qin Shihuang passed away in July and was buried in September. The interval between death and burial was nearly two months. According to the experience of protecting the remains, the protection of the remains should be dealt with immediately after the death of the deceased. If there is a slight delay, the body itself will It began to change, and I am afraid that no matter how advanced the technology can be, it is speculated that the possibility of Qin Shihuang’s remains being preserved is very small. The discovery of the female corpse in the Mawangdui Han Tomb in Changsha shocked the world, and the remains of the remains are rare in the world. Therefore, some people speculate that Qin Shihuang’s remains are also It will be well preserved. Because the female corpses in the Western Han Dynasty that were less than a hundred years away from the Qin Dynasty can be well preserved, the Qin Dynasty should also have the antiseptic technology to protect the remains, and at that time, the senior officials of the Qin Dynasty Li Si, Zhao Gao, Hu Hai and the imperial physicians with superb medical skills Xia Wuji was present. The problem was that Qin Shihuang died on the way out, and what was worse was that it was in the hot summer season. Before the body was transported far, it gave off a foul smell. In order to prevent the stench from spreading and leaking the wind, Zhao Gao, Hu Hai Put the abalone and the body together to disturb the smell. In this way, after more than 50 days of long-distance travel, in September, the bones were finally transported back to Xianyang for funeral.”

"We'll know the answer when we go in," Gies said. Captain Hawthorne looked at the Golden Luan Hall and became excited. He took a deep breath and led the team into it. The palace is magnificent, and you can see many musical instruments, such as dragon and phoenix hanging drums, twenty-five-stringed ancient se, eight-hole chime, and a magnificent chime bell against the wall. There are 19 button bells and 45 horn bells, a total of 64 pieces. It is hung on a copper frame with painted patterns in three layers. The column on each layer is a bronze warrior decorated with four small dragons. The 45 bells in the middle and lower layers are marked with sound names and long inscriptions on rhythm.

There are twelve mighty and tall golden men standing in the hall. According to Professor Lu Li, the Twelve Golden Men are recorded in "Historical Records" and "On the Passing of Qin Dynasty". , so that the craftsmen destroyed it and cast it into twelve golden men, and placed them in the Xianyang Palace where they lived, thinking that this would stabilize the country.The "golden man" mentioned by Sima Qian is a bronze or iron man, which is plated with gold after casting. Professor Lu Li was eloquent, and suddenly, he closed his mouth. Professor Lu Li saw Qin Shihuang!

Qin Shihuang is a golden statue, with the bones wrapped in gold. He has no coffin, sitting in the middle of the radiant palace, holding a black knife, reading a scroll of bamboo and wood slips, and the ancestral dragon jade seal is also placed on the desk in front of him.The twelve golden men lined up in two teams, bowed their heads and proclaimed their ministers. Qin Shihuang sat upright, with an air of ruling the world. The archaeological team walked over cautiously, and Keith and Dora took out their cameras and took pictures one after another.The Zulong jade seal on the desk made Professor Lu Li ecstatic. His hands trembled, and he wanted to touch it, but he didn't dare.After Qin Shihuang unified the six kingdoms, he thought that he was superior to the five emperors and served the three emperors with virtue. He could no longer be called the king of Qin.In order to show the emperor's exclusive status, Qin Shihuang ordered the good workers in the world to make jade seals with beautiful jade from Lantian, and the seal buttons were carved in the shape of dragon, fish, phoenix and bird.Prime Minister Li Si wrote the eight characters "Desired by the sky, long life and eternal prosperity" in big seal script, which was engraved on the jade seal.There are many legends about the ancestral dragon jade seal in the history books. Who would have thought that this jade seal has been stored deep in the underground palace for two thousand years.

Dora found two silver cornucopias, containing fruits and vegetables respectively. These fruits and vegetables were also carved out of jade jewels. You can see cherries made of agate, apples made of red crystal, and green jade. Cucumbers, cabbage made of emerald... Dora said, "A big bunch of grapes, and here's corn." Professor Lu Li said: "Impossible. Grapes only appeared after Zhang Qian of the Han Dynasty went to the Western Regions. Corn originated in America. Columbus brought corn back from Cuba in 1492. This very rare plant did not exist in the Qin Dynasty, and China did not produce it at all. This thing, some idiot TV dramas let people hang corn in the yards of Tang and Song dynasties, that's nonsense."

Dora: "Then what is this?" Professor Lu Li said, "A bunch of ruby ​​lychees, this is an amber pomelo hammer, which was used by nobles in ancient palaces to massage their bodies." Hawthorne said: "Columbus believed that the earth was round, and he could reach the east as long as he sailed west. It was a dream world full of spices, gold, silk and porcelain. He lobbied everywhere and finally got the support of the Spanish royal family to let him sail to the east. To the west. The New World of America was discovered on October 12, 1492, and the simple Indians received them grandly. The first time Columbus went was an expedition and a trip, but the second time he came was aggression and massacre. He implemented colonial rule and everywhere Searching for gold... This underground palace of Qinshihuang Mausoleum is made of the bones of countless people, and the blood and tears of countless people are accumulated."

"Look up there, I suggest turning off the lights," Keith said. The archaeological team turned off the beacon lights and looked up. The top of the entire palace was made of Cambrian black scale rock as the sky, and the sun, moon and stars were inlaid with night pearls, diamonds, crystals and pearls.The stars above the palace are so bright that it looks like a real night sky. Just as everyone looked up and marveled at the ingenious construction of the underground palace, the tomb robber Keith quietly pulled out the black knife in Qin Shihuang's hand, held it in his arms, and tiptoed towards the gate of the palace.

Linfeng shouted, "Stop, put down the knife." Keith laughed out loud. He held up the camera hanging on his chest and said, "Don't move." The camera was actually a revolver, cleverly disguised.International spies also often use some camouflaged pistols, such as pen pistols, pocket watch pistols, pipe pistols, and lipstick pistols.Gies pulled the trigger, and the female team doctor fell into a pool of blood. "Who wants to take pictures?" Keith said. Dora said, "I misread you. I didn't think you were so bad." Keith held up the camera, stepped back and said, "Sorry." Hawthorne signaled Linfeng to stop chasing, and Geese ran out of the temple door, the footsteps gradually drifting away. After a while, they heard the sound of a heavy object falling to the ground. It must be that Geese pulled out the hydraulic jack and dropped the bronze door. door.Hawthorne looked at Professor Lu Li. Although he didn't say anything, his eyes were full of shame and apology. After all, Geese joined the archaeological team with his consent.The archaeological team lost two members in a row, and now they are trapped in the underground palace. The black knife that Qin Shihuang still held after his death is undoubtedly the most precious thing in the underground palace, but it was snatched by Guise.This series of events caused Professor Lu Li's blood pressure to rise, and he felt dizzy. Lin Feng stepped forward to support him. After a while, he suddenly remembered something and shouted, "Oops!" Hawthorne asked, "What's the matter?" Professor Lu Li said: "We already know the layout of the underground palace of the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor. The character "Hui" is the core part of the underground palace of the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor. There are four "concave" characters around the character "Hui", and a big circle will "Hui" Surrounded by a pattern composed of four "concave" characters, the plane layout of the underground palace of Qin Shihuang's Mausoleum is formed. The sealing soil above the underground palace is in the shape of a pyramid, and there should be an inverted pyramid below the underground palace. The two pyramids form a rhombus. This constitutes the three-dimensional layout of the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor. The mercury leaking from the Zhongxian Gate shows that there is space under the ground, so what will be the consequences of the mercury spilling?" Hawthorne said, "Collapse!" The underground palace might collapse at any time, and everyone had no time to think about it. As soon as they ran out of the palace gate, they felt the ground tremble violently. The palace shook, and the pillars were tilted. With a bang, the palace collapsed, splashing dust.Everyone went down the stone steps, the bronze door had already been knocked down by Geese, Linfeng took out the electric impact drill, and Hawthorne used the cutting equipment, but it took some time to open the door, the more anxious it was, the slower the efficiency would be.At this time, there was a loud noise that shook the ground, and the ground in front of the door cracked, spreading into a gap, and everyone retreated to the stone pavilion in the bamboo forest. Fengtu fell from the sky and knocked down the jasper bamboo forest.Each of those countless underground palace treasures is priceless.The lives of Huo Sang, Professor Lu Li, Linfeng, and Dora in the stone pavilion are hanging by a thread. It seems that they will also be buried together with the rare treasures in the underground palace. . The sealing soil layer above is still falling. Dora said, "Are we going to die?" Professor Lu Li said: "This destruction was doomed two thousand years ago." The ground collapsed, and the stone pavilion was like an isolated island...